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Thanksgiving Brunch
We switch off celebrating Thanksgiving with my in-laws and my parents ever year (as do my siblings). This year we are celebrating with my parents, but on our off years, we started the tradition of a Thanksgiving brunch. I thought it might be fun to share the different brunch foods we have served over the years in case you aren’t able to celebrate with your loved ones with a typical Thanksgiving dinner this year or if you are just looking for a fun and yummy way to kick off your Thanksgiving day! None of these recipes take much effort to make because I don’t have time for that and they…
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Thanksgiving Bar (Cart) Ideas
Bar carts don’t always live up to their potential – but it’s so fun when they do! I think it’s one of the easiest places to make festive in your home. I try to decorate mine for each holiday season because why not – it makes me happy! This is the Target Bar Cart that I’ve had for years – it’s inexpensive but doesn’t look it. But, if you don’t have a bar cart, you can turn part of your kitchen counter into a fun bar area for dinners and holidays too. Here are the essentials you need to style your bar cart (or counter) into a fun little Thanksgiving…
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Toddler Bath Time Ideas
After a very rainy few days, Chris out of town for the week, and extra long baths for the boys everyday – I realized toddler bath time deserves a post! Bath time has a lot of potential… even more so during this pandemic! The water, bubbles, and contained kids make for a no mess, easy and fun activity! So here it is… all the items I’ve purchased and what we do to make bath time more fun and take up WAY more time (ESPECIALLY on rainy miserable days when there is nothing else to do). Bath Crayons – These are always a hit. Just draw on the tub and it…
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Favorite Things of 2020
Happy November! We had brunch with our cousin/dear friend Katie over the weekend and were chatting about what we were going to do for our Favorite Things Tea this year. Every holiday season the women in our family get together for a “Favorite Things Tea”. It’s an event I look forward to every holiday season where everyone brings some of their favorite things, gifts are exchanged, and everyone leaves with a number of gifts equal to what they brought! We still aren’t sure what our tea will look like this year given COVID, BUT it did get us thinking about all of our favorite things from 2020! So, if you…
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Last Minute Spooky Halloween Brownies
Trick out your treats with a plate of spooky brownies! Seven simple and tasty brownies that will keep you right on theme. These last minute Halloween brownies are easy enough for your kids to help with and are the perfect spooky dessert for festivities at home. All of the brownies you see in this post came from one 9 x 13 pan of brownies, require zero baking skills and make for a fun, festive and tasty dessert that do the trick for any spooky occasion! Happy Baking! Witch’s Brew Brownies (A.k.a extra Halloween candy brownies) So simple they really don’t need an explanation; just bake your brownies, a mix or…
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Halloween Cocktails
Help us decide what Halloween cocktails to serve! As Megan mentioned before in this post about our COVID Halloween plans, we always serve something orange or pumpkin-based for dinner on Halloween. This year, we are going to try Freutcake’s pumpkin chicken enchiladas , so naturally, we are going to have a little Mexican Halloween Fiesta/Day of the Dead party. I plan to make some very naughty nachos to accompany the enchiladas, and might even go crazy with a little queso. Now that we have our food menu established, next comes the Boo-ooze. Given it’s a Fiesta and we love a theme, we will likely serve some sort of margarita, but we…
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Soup Season
It’s officially soup season so I am sharing my three favorite soups I make on repeat all Winter long. All of these soups are super easy to make, have a good amount of veggies or greens and are regularly requested by Chris! I noticed in the process of writing this post that all my favorite soups have two things in common: SAUSAGE and PARMESAN. This shouldn’t surprise me at all; Chris likes to make fun of how much I love parmesan. I highly recommend serving all of these soups with a rustic baguette. YUM. I love all soup but I REALLY love these because they are delicious enough to double…
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FORE! Joe turns FOUR
FORE! We had the best time celebrating our big boy turning FOUR this weekend at Willows Run Golf Course in Redmond. We ate treats, sipped draft beer, and played putt putt golf of course. If you haven’t been, it’s a great golf complex with a fun eighteen-hole themed putting course in addition to two regular courses and a par three family nine-hole course. I grew up playing putt putt golf here and it was fun to bring our boys back! As for treats, I served an assortment of mini Trophy Cupcakes with golf ball ring toppers, small bags of the best Chex Mix in cellophane bags, and various appetizers and…
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Shopbop Fall Sale
The Shopbop Fall sale is here and you can get up to 25% with code FALL20! It’s the best time to invest in some bigger ticket items that you’ve been lusting after. I tagged items below that I own and love and items that I really WISH were in my closet. Happy Shopping! Things I own and love: Frame Balloon Sleeve Top // APL Sneakers // Stuart Weitzman 5050 Flat Boot // Veja Sneakers // AGOLDE Straight Jeans // Levi’s Wedgie Icon Jeans // New Balance Sneakers // Rag & Bone Classic Cashmere Poncho // Rebecca Minkoff Sweatshirt Frame Balloon Sleeve Top – I love an elevated tee – I…
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Boo & Boo-ooze Bags
Halloween will be a little different this year but we are going to do ALL the boo-zy things to make it fun. Have you heard of Boo bags or getting Booed? It’s just a fun little Halloween treat bag to anonymously spoil your friends and neighbors. Because what’s more fun than arriving at home to find a little treat bag on your door? Or in this case, a treat bag for your kids and a boo-ooze bag for you! The twins were Booed last year and LOVED it and arriving home to a drink on my doorstep sounds pretty great. So, naturally Megan ordered all of Target to make her Boo…
